Void Cat! by exilegl
Void Cat!
How to play:
You play as a cat, and your goal is to feed the cat until you've grown from size 100 to 400, as shown on the game's HUD under "Size:".
WASD or Arrows to move. To feed yourself, drag and drop enemies onto the cat. Your grab range can be increased by picking up cat treats that appear randomly on the ground when an enemy has been eaten.
Every 10 seconds, the void in the center of the screen will grow (or reappear if its been destroyed) - you die if it touches you for too long, so you must keep it from growing too large by dragging and dropping enemies onto it, which will shrink it.
You can also die by being shot at by enemies - keep your health high by picking up hearts (also dropped randomly when enemies are eaten).
Other info:
Made for Ludum Dare 51 by myself (programming, music & sfx) and cats#7175 (art).
| Link | https://jordanb84.itch.io/void-cat |
| Link | https://jordanb84.itch.io/void-cat |
| Link | https://jordanb84.itch.io/void-cat |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/void-cat |
Ratings
| Overall | 689th | 3.423⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 473th | 3.5⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 764th | 3.12⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 980th | 3.173⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 506th | 3.74⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 395th | 3.462⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 487th | 3⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 820th | 3.18⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 18🗳️ | 35🗨️ |
```
theo@x:~/Downloads$ java -jar Void\ Cat\!\ -\ LD51.jar
WARNING: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred
WARNING: Illegal reflective access by org.lwjgl.LWJGLUtil$3 (file:/home/theo/Downloads/Void%20Cat!%20-%20LD51.jar) to method java.lang.ClassLoader.findLibrary(java.lang.String)
WARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of org.lwjgl.LWJGLUtil$3
WARNING: Use --illegal-access=warn to enable warnings of further illegal reflective access operations
WARNING: All illegal access operations will be denied in a future release
Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-lookup.c: 111: check_match: Assertion `version->filename == NULL || ! _dl_name_match_p (version->filename, map)' failed!
```
The graphics are absolutely adorable. I feel kinda bad about chucking all those mushrooms etc into the void, but we do what is necessary to survive.
On Linux had to downgrade to OpenJDK 8 for it to run.
(Also send a screenshot if possible, I want to see if the window size is correct)
I did it! The game is cute and the music was an excellent fit for the look/feel.
Took a few tries to figure it out. It's really satisfying how the grab radius increases as you go :D
The game itself plays well, and I didn't notice any bugs. It's a fun little experience!
